Hat-crown shaper



' Nov. 15, y1927.

A. BRODIN HAT CROWN SHAPER Original Filed July 28, 1922 Patented Nov. 15, 1927.

ARVID BRODIN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

' Har-CROWN sHArER.

Reled for abandoned application Serial No. 578,133, led July 28, 1922. This application filed December 23, 1926.

Heretofore in the millinery art, crown shapers of various types have been used. These have generally consisted ofstilfened buchi-am or other material over which light i fabrics havcbeen drawn to be retained until set. The fabric from which the crown is to be formed is generally treated with some stilfening materials which when moistened with steam or other moist heat softened suffi- 1f" ciently to be molded or shaped to thereafter set or dry in the desired form. Various crude means have been employed to hold the material in position during the operation of shaping, which has resulted in conli'f siderable loss of time and has added to the labor required for performing the operation. The method and means employed in performing the operation have also resulted in the excess of wear and tear or destruction of the apparatus used. It is the principal purpose of the present invention to avoid this and to produce al better and more satisfactory crown, and to extend the life of the apparatus employed. 1

This application is a substitute for abandoned application Serial No. 578,133 filed July 28, 1922.

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Description. y

As seen in the drawings the shaper-has a body portion 8 which is formed to the shape of a hat crown. Adjacent the lower edge of the side walls of the body portion are formed grooves 9 and 10. The body portion is open as seen best in Figures 2 and 3 of the drawing, the grooves 9 and 10 being juxtaposed portion.

A cushion 11 formed of fabric or other suitable material adapted to be pierced by pins or other retaining devices is permanently mounted in thepgroove 9. Vith the to the edge of the opening of the said body` senaiNo. 157,852.

shapers thus .constructed the fabric 12 such as maline or similar materials having been previously treated for stiffening is drawn over the body portion 8 and preliminarily fastened as by pins 13 to Athe cushion 11, as lseen best in Fig. 2 of the drawings. When the fabric has been thus preliminarily fastened, an elastic-band 14 is stretched upon the crown 8 and drawn downward thereover until it sinks into the groove 10, imprisoning the fabric as seen best in Fig. 3 of the drawings. While thus retained by the band 14, the material is worked down under the said band or girdle and further secured by the pins 13 to the cushion 11.

After the wrinkles have been thoroughly eradicated from the material it is permitted to dry, or the drying if desired is hastened by the dry heat admitted to the inside of the metal, or body of the shaper 8. This, however, is seldom found necessary. When the fabric has thoroughly dried or set, a suitable cutting instrument is drawn around the body 8 adjacent to the groove 10 and above the same. The shaped crown is then removed from the shaper 8 to be used in the ,manufacture of a hat.

The girdle or band 14 is then removed and the pins 13 being lwithdrawn from engagement with'the cushion 11 the waste material is discarded to place the shaper in condition for the next operation.

When the material 12 is drawn tight over the ridge 15 it is drawn away from the side of the body portion 8 attaining thereby a clearance which makes it easy to remove the crown from the body.

I claim:

1. A hat crown shaper comprising a body shaped to conform to the crown of a hat and having upper and lower circumferentially extending grooves adjacent its lower end, a cushion ring in said lower groove and adapted to receive pins for temporarily re-y taining hat crown forming material tightly drawn upon said body, and a compression ring for fitting tightly about the crown material and body and forcing lthe material into the upper groove to hold the material in stretched condition.

2. A hat crown shaper comprising a body Shaped to conform to the crown of a hat, a cushion extending labout said body adjacent its lower end and adapted to receive pins for temporarily retaining crown form- 'therein an outstandinoannular ridOe on 15 said body adjacent the upper edge of the groove, a gripping ring adapted to be engaged over the body and seated in said groove for holding material in stretched condition on the body, said ridge acting` to vcause the crown material to be stretched tightly about said body at all pointswvhen said ring is positioned and temporary securingmeans engagea-bie With said cushion means for holding` material stretched on said body before said ring is positioned.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this eighth day of December, 1926.

ARVID BRODIN. 

